Billy Beane Gets Contract Extension From Athletics

Earlier today, we presented a report that Billy Beane has a new contract extension. But it seems that nothing’s official quite yet, as Tuesday afternoon Susan Slusser wrote:

I can imagine him staying with the club regardless, though. Hey, he’s been there forever already. I’m sure there have been any number of times when he could have jumped ship to work for a better team, perhaps for better money. For whatever reason or reasons, the Bay Area just seems to be where Billy Beane wants to be. Which really isn’t all that hard to figure. It’s a great place to live, especially if you can afford one of the nicer neighborhoods.

Tuesday, both Beane and team president Michael Crowley got contract extensions, according to Jon Erlichman of Bloomberg Television:

#Exclusive: A’s Lew Wolff tells me he’s extending contracts of Beane, Crowley to ‘19 b/c “I view them as partners as well as execs”2019? Is that even a real year? Let’s see, carry the two... that’s seven years from now. In late December, reports were that the A’s proposed move to San Jose was going to be announced sometime in February.